Open AccessHuman intraretinal myelination: Axon diameters and axon/myelin thickness ratios
Author(s) -
Thomas FitzGibbon,
Zoran Nestorovski
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
indian journal of ophthalmology/indian journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1998-3689
pISSN - 0301-4738
DOI - 10.4103/0301-4738.121075
Subject(s) - axon , retina , optic nerve , retinal , myelin , retinal ganglion cell , anatomy , ganglion , population , biology , neuroscience , medicine , ophthalmology , central nervous system , environmental health
Human intraretinal myelination of ganglion cell axons occurs in about 1% of the population. We examined myelin thickness and axon diameter in human retinal specimens containing myelinated retinal ganglion cell axons.